in the centre of the block, covering the
base of the petals. Fuse all the shapes
in place.6
Appliqué the shapes to the
background. Cheryl used two
strands of embroidery floss to match
the appliqué shapes and worked
blanket stitch around all the edges.
Press the block from the wrong side.7
Repeat Steps 1–6 to make a
total of 20 Small Flower blocks
using a variety of combinations of
light and dark blue print fabrics and
using 10 of the 6½in squares of each
cream print fabric.8
Once all the blocks have been
made, choose four to use in the
corners of Border 1. Put them to one
side. Lay out the remaining 16 blocks in
four rows of four, alternating the two
different cream background fabrics.
Mix and match them until you have an
array that you like.9
Sew the blocks in each row
together, pressing seams
in alternate rows in the opposite
direction. Then join the rows. Your quilt
top should now measure 24½in square
from raw edge to raw edge.Large flower blocks
1
The background for a large flower
block is pieced from four 6½in
squares – two of each cream print
fabric. Lay them out in two rows
of two, with the different prints in
diagonally opposi te corners, as shown
in Diagram 2. Join the squares in each
row together, then join the rows. The
background should measure 12½in
square from raw edge to raw edge.
Make 12 backgrounds like this.2
To appliqué the large flowers,
repeat the steps for the small
flowers but use shapes D, E andDiagram 2 Diagram 3134